How to Fill in the Generation Gap Between Parents and Kids Nowadays

Filling generation gap is little bit a difficult task but can be achieved. Try being more closer to the hobbies of your kid. It will make him more closer to you. Don't impose on him. Just let him free. Younger generation always wants to try out new things. So allow him to do his good things. you just support him.

The communication gap is created when parents stay away from the children and they find better friends and engage in something more important to them. The best way to avoid it is to be the best friend of our children from a very early stage itself. In this case the kid is already 15 and it will be a bit difficult to get things done. But I think it can still be done, if you are willing to spend more time with him and let him do the things that he enjoy doing (only good things of course). If you think he is upto something thats not worth it, then advice him in a way he likes it. Remember one thing. Kids these days dont like too much advice. So you need to be very careful and sensual in your approach. Good luck.

First of all you should treat the grown ups as friends. They no longer like bullish treatment. SEcondly changes in the world are taking place in a big way, therefore discuss with you son about happenings in the world. Enquire in detail about happening in school, teach him some skills during leisure time, teach a hobby to which he can hang on during leisure time. Take him out during weekends and try and spend more time (besides your working hours at business or office). There will not be any gap.

Generation gap could be due to time gap. The elder generation had experienced the different old days and life with those of the younger generation. To narrow the gap the elder generation ought to change their attitude and ways of life. And be modernized to suit the taste of the younger but this seems quite difficult for the elder to do so as most of them insist to carry out their old practices. Anyhow I hope the parents could try their best to minimize the gap so as to create a harmonious family.

It is hard to be 15 year old kid. It was back when we were kids too. I don't think that the generation gap is something that can be filled, but rather, something that we must try to reach across. We can't try to only reach our children as friends, but must first be parents to them, and friends second.

You are right and this generation gap topples when the kids attains the teen age..Their behaviour changes and they try to show their parents that they are grown up and can do certain things indicudually but poor parents they always think that they are still kids and treat them in the same manner..protecting them all time.. Actually this problem is prevaling more these days as when i was in this age i never encountered any problem with my parents but i have seen my elder brother sturggling to have a healthy relationship with my parents and have seen him fighting over silly issues to show that he is grown up and doesnt want to be controlled any more..Hope may be this is one reason that made me realise that being friendly and open with our parents will take this generation hurdle and i have suceeded too..great discussion..rated ++

There has always been a generation gap from the begining of there being parents and kids turning into teenagers. You are experiencing what we all have experienced that have had and raised teen agers. They become these alien creaturs from outter space. Frist don't try to be your son friend. Don't let him get away with being disrecptfull. He is going through a lot of harmonal changes. He is trying to learn to be an adult and that is painful for teen agers. He will push the boundreis as much as possible as he is learning to be independent too. Just reamin calm and know that this too shall passand one day our son will return to you as a real human being not some alien.

I am not a parent yet. But even though I haven't have any kid yet, I can still feel the age-gap between myself and those teen age youngsters. What they are thinking, playing, doing are quite different from me and my friends. The world is changing everyday and the society is modernizing as well. Kids now are raised in a different environment. I think the gap between us and the younger generation is the topic of discussion and the way of thinking. Besides, teen age kid starts to have their own idea and want to claim independence. Therefore they will always have conflict with their parents to show that they had grown up, conciously or sub-conciously. I think in order to narrow down the gap between you and your kids, you need to try to think as their way, then only they feel you are with them.

Communication is the key, I believe that we have to ask them and be open to them too, they want to bod from their parents and it is easier if parents will show the enthusiasm in knowing their kids.. :)

I have a 12 year old son from my first marriage and we are so different. But the only thing I can do is take an interest also in the stuff he likes..He loves computer games lol, so we always talk about the games he likes..and I even got him to start his own blog on World of Warcraft..so there is a bridge that can be crossed, only it is a bit of a bumpy one and remember you were a young teenage boy once..ALL THOSE HORMONES..hehe..I don't think we ever grow out of those hormones lol. I have a lovely Chinese husband with an ugly pissy temper lol. He behaves like a five year old when he has it. But I still love him hehee..I guess we can oly be patient.

It exists in all parts of the world....and only thing one can do at the maximum is to keep silence.. but who is the one, going to adopt this..becomes the crucial one. Either you have to keep silent/your son must turn deaf and dumb to the activites of the others.. Only this will bring the Gap down.. But how far it is ethical..i cant say.

I think one problem in your approach is evident in the title of the discussion here. That you cannot "fill" the gap. the situation is more complex than that. To say there is a gap is to say that your connection is being stretched because I don't think you could say there is an actual gap.. rather you think that there is still a connection between you and your son. I am 21 and have many rough times with my parents and even today we are working on this problem. And i think the solution rather than requiring an addition to "fill" the solution requires a refining process. I believe wholly in a generation gap that there are distinct mindsets between generations like generation x vs generation y. Your son is experiencing today from a very different perspective than you are so its important that you validate that while still giving your own advice. As much as you are teaching him he is teaching you. So i think when you can accept this, the fallibility of BOTH your positions, you can advance on strengthening the muscle that is your relationship. When you exercise your muscle rips apart and must grow back with proper nutrients and health. The solution to stronger muscles is not once they are ripped to pour cement in the wholes it is to grow the muscle back organically with proper health. To have a healthy relationship with your son you need to communicate on equal levels so you both can relate to each other. Aren't you on an equal level?

Raising kids is really hard...the gap exists during teens and it's hard for us parents. Parents are so over protective to their kids, don't have trust, and afraid of some failures too. Maybe we should have a bit of bonding with them, know their likes and hobbies and friends. Let's show them the trust and good things they did...but we should not forget that there is also limitations to this. Kids should always aware of things you want them to be.

It could be really difficult in this age of your son.I think the most importnat is talking to him and try to be his friend.He need to trust you and believe that he can come to you with any trouble he has or will have.Also it could be bad now, but maybe 10 years later you will be so glad to have son like that and after he would remind his teen years he would admire you for dealing with him.

the so called genation gaps will always be there as will be generations!!!so they will keep lamenting about the other generation ..why even we will surely gribb about our younger generation and their ways..its never ending process..as life!

The best way to do this is to have a friendly relationship with kids and spend more time and do behave like friends then this gape will be removed.

It is hard when you are leaving your childhood and learning to act like an adult, when they try to go too fast the problems start - I have found that if we accept the new things and standards that are prevalent now and our kids are taught to respect what was good in the old days then we can bridge this generation gap.

My mom was 38 when she had me. There's a big age difference but we still get a long really well.

In my part Im having a daughter near to 15 years and it is true that we will not agree with each other. She wanna tick to what her wants and as parent it is not good to me. She still act as a young girl even if she is already a full grown up lady. I think it is in the new generation that they also goes with it. Sometimes I got irratated as how she complain and answer to me. Those olden days I did not do it with my parents and now they treat as young as they like to. Might be I am a serious Mom in the fronty of my kids as I want to bring them up in a good youth someday. Sometimes the generation has a cause on this what they act and do because this what they see and hear now adays. Butit is our rule as parents to guide in a very good path so that they will grow in a straight way.